Kings Park

Enjoy the sounds, sights and scents of Perth’s beautiful inner-city Kings Park while you thwart a naughty baby boab smuggler. Suitable for younger children, this is the shortest and easiest of the city detective trails.

Detectives with wheels: there’s no stairs to navigate and the walk is on hard paths, but you will have to cross grass to reach some clues.

Start location: Near the Visitor Information Centre

Distance: 2 km

Time to complete: around 2 hours

Bring: a picnic blanket

Best side trip: Naturescape (closed Mondays, all of February, and high fire risk days)

Best day and time: Any but the spring months are best for wildflowers and weather